The 'Old Oligarch'

The Constitution of the Athenians Attributed to Xenophon

J. L. Marr and P. J. Rhodes

Description

'Old Oligarch' is a label often applied to the unknown author of the Athenian Constitution preserved with the works of Xenophon. Probably written in the mid 420s B.C., it is the earliest surviving Athenian prose text, and its author was probably a young pupil of the teachers known as sophists.

The 'Old Oligarch'

The Constitution of the Athenians Attributed to Xenophon

J. L. Marr and P. J. Rhodes

Table of Contents

PrefaceReferencesIntroduction:1. The name 'Old Oligarch2. The title of the work3. dating4. authorship5. The author and his immediate audience6. The self-interest theory7. The two-fold class division: the demos versus the oligoi8. Class designations and class labels9. Other stylistic features10. Structure11. The text

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